A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, .
The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
We had a nice paddle this morning.
A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
as the Men were Paddling for their Lives
To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
A surname.
Partly from the verb paddle ("to splash, dabble"; see below) and partly from Middle English padell (“small spade”). Middle English padell is from Medieval Latin padela, itself of uncertain origin: per...
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To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.